Word: complement
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Betti and Schafer have also made valuable contributions to the Crimson during their tenure at Harvard. Schafer, a locker room leader, provided a nice complement to Betti, whose defensive instincts kept Harvard rallies alive during the season...
...Crimson led much of the way against Princeton, as Clemente showed a shooting touch to complement Hill's heroics. Harvard led 35-29 at the half, and threatened to blow Princeton out of the water before Princeton's freshman center Chris Young got in the act and put Harvard's big men, Ewing and Clemente, in foul trouble...
...They are] romantic, I guess they are still newlyweds," says Woodruff, who with her husband, journalist Al Hunt, often socialize with Greenspan and Mitchell. "They know each other very well--they are just a fun-loving couple that complement each other beautifully. She reads his mind, and I think he probably reads hers. They are just very dear, dear people...
...these lab mice were not bred for the benefit of cats that have trouble seeing in the dark. They do glow, however, thanks to a gene that usually codes for green fluorescence in jellyfish but was knit into the animals' usual complement of mousy DNA by scientists at the University of Hawaii. The experiment was reported in Science and demonstrates an improved method of gene transfer--called Honolulu transgenesis--that uses sperm as a vehicle to move DNA from one species to another...
...common knowledge that unites us. We know that awards shows are basically for the performing industry to laud itself while ensuring self-perpetuation. In its execution, Boston's contribution to the awards phenomenon was not too different. The town's Music Awards even had famed personalities present to complement the Boston musicians and their fans. These celebrities, fixtures in award culture, are darlings propelled to notoriety by the coast-to-coast pop culture machine. Joshua Jackson, Duncan Sheik, Joey McIntyre and Kay Hanley of Letters to Cleo were such conspicuous faces in the crowd. The best evidence for the power...